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pay television

–noun
1. a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
2. the programming provided.
Also called pay-TV [pey-tee-vee] , subscription television.


Origin:
1955–60
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pay-TV   (pā'tē-vē')
n.  A system for receiving television broadcasts by making subscription payments, as by renting a device that unscrambles the broadcaster's scrambled signal. Also called pay television.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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